352 Georg Kükenthal. — Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Gypereae. 



Mexikanisches Hochland an feuchten Stellen: ohne Ortsangabe (Aschen- 

 born n, 121!); Orizaba (Bourgeau n. 27311); Puebla, Monterey, Cerro de la Silla, 

 800 m (Abbon n. 28!); Tal von Mexiko (Schaffner n. 5!); Morelia, Loma Santa 

 Maria (fr. Arsene !); Cerro Azul (Arsene!); Staat Jalisco, Schlucht bei Guadalajara, 

 1500 m (Pringle n. 3843! 11204!). 



316. C. juncelliformis A. Peter et Kükenthal, spec. nova. — Rhizoma abbreviatum. 

 Culmi plures caespitosi flaccidi 20 — 30 cm alti compresso-obtusanguli laeves inferne vaginis 

 longis purpurascentibus cincti, imae harum aphyllae, superiores 1 — 2 in laminam brevem 

 angustam complicatam excurrentes. Bracteae 2 anthelam superantes, inferior erecta 

 culmum quasi continuans. Anthela simplex 2 — 4-radiata, radii breves summum 2 cm longi 

 graciles 5 — 10-spiculosi. Spiculae dense spicatae patentes lineari-oblongae obtusae 12 ad 

 16 mm longae 2 mm latae compressae 14 — 26-florae. Rhachilla recta rigida exalata. 

 Squamae dense imbricatae 2 mm longae ovatae perobtusae stramineo-brunneae apicem 

 versus castaneo-vittatae carina viridi trinerves marginibus infra medium ad apicem usque 

 late albo-hyalinae undulatae. Stamina 2, antherae lineares muticae. Stylus longus 

 spadiceus apice bifidus. Nux % squamae aequans subobovato-oblonga biconvexa spa- 

 dicea minute punctulata apice obtusissima. — Fig. 41 jP — J, p. 346. 



Deutsch-Ostafrika: Landschaft Uvinsa, westlich von Uvinsa am Malagarassi- 

 Flusse, 990 m (A. Peter n. 36 328!). 



Species a me non visa. 



C. camagneyensis Britton in Mem. Torr. bot. Club XVI. (1920) 59. — Perennis. 

 Culmi caespitosi 30 — 60 cm alti graciles trigoni laeves. Folia culmo breviora 3 mm lata. 

 Bracteae anthelam longe superantes. Anthela simplex pluriradiata, radii graciles ad 5 cm 

 longi. Spiculae laxe spicatae 1,5 — 3 cm longae compressae multiflorae. Squamae dense 

 imbricatae oblonge -lanceolatae brunneae acutae 1% mm longae. Stamina 2 vel 3. Stig- 

 mata 2. Nux oblonga apiculata. 



Cuba: Camaguey (Shafer n. 196). 



Sect. 36. Globosi C. B. Clarke. 



Olobosus C. B. Clarke in Kew Bull. Add. Ser. VIII. (1908) 95; emend. Kükenth. — 

 Coloratae C. B. Clarke, 1. c. 95 pro min. parte. 



Annui vel perennes. Culmi caespitosi inferne foliati. Anthela simplex explicata vel 

 contracta. Spiculae graciles lineares divergentes. Squamae subimbricatae brunneae vel 

 castaneae vel atro-brunneae obtusae. Stamina 2, antherae breves oblongae. Nux obovata 

 vel obovato-oblonga compresso-biconvexa. 



Conspectus specierum. 



A. Culmi firmi. Anthela multispiculosa. Spiculae lineari-oblongae. Squamae oblongo- 

 ovatae 2 — 3 mm longae 317. C. globosus. 



B. Culmi filiformes. Anthela parva. Spiculae lineares. Squamae parvulae vix ultra 1 mm 

 longae. 



I. Squamae atro-purpureae. Nux conspicue apiculata basi subrotundata 318. C.melas. 

 II. Squamae castaneae vel fuscae. Nux apice truncata basin versus cuneata 



319. C. capilUfolius. 



317. C. globosus All. Auctuar. Fl. pedem. (1789) 49; Vahl, Enum. pl. II. (1806) 309; 

 Reichenb. Icon. VIII. (1846) t. CCLXXIX, fig. 665; Steud. I.e. 3; Willk. et Lange, 

 Prodr. Fl. hisp. (1870) 137 (incl. var. ß. cymosus Willk. et var. y. humifusus Roem. et 

 Schult.); Benth. Fl. austral. VII. (1878) 260; Boiss. Fl. Orient. V. (1884) 364; C. B. 

 Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1883) 279 et XXI. (1884) 47; K. Richter, PI. Europ. I. 

 (1890) 133; Suringar, Het Gesl. Cyperus in den Mal. Archip. (1898) 58; Meinshausen 

 in Acta Horti petrop. XVIII. (1900) 239; Aschers, u. Graebner, Synops. II. 2. (1903) 268; 



